Asus ESC500 G4 SFF User manual

Workstation
ESC500 G4 SFF
User Guide

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Revised Edition V2
August 2017

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Contents
Notices ....................................................................................................................... vi
Federal Communications Commission Statement..........................................vi
Canadian Department of Communications Statement....................................vi
REACH ......................................................................................................vii
Safety information.................................................................................................... viii
Electrical Safety ............................................................................................ viii
Operation Safety ........................................................................................... viii
About this guide......................................................................................................... ix
Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.1 System package contents.........................................................................1-2
1.2 Serial number label.................................................................................... 1-2
1.3 ESC500 G4 SFF specifications summary ................................................1-3
1.4 Front panel features...................................................................................1-5
1.5 Rear panel features.................................................................................... 1-5
1.6 Internal features .........................................................................................1-6
1.7 LED information .........................................................................................1-7
1.7.1 Front panel LEDs ........................................................................ 1-7
Chapter 2: Hardware Setup
2.1 Chassis cover............................................................................................. 2-2
2.1.1 Removing the chassis cover ....................................................... 2-2
2.2 CPU installation..........................................................................................2-3
2.3 CPU heatsink and fan assembly installation...........................................2-5
2.4 System memory .........................................................................................2-6
2.4.1 DIMM installation......................................................................... 2-7
2.5 Assembly module ......................................................................................2-8
2.5.1 Removing the assembly module................................................. 2-8
2.5.2 Replacing the assembly module and front cover ........................ 2-9
2.6 5.25-inch drive.......................................................................................... 2-10
2.7 Card reader............................................................................................... 2-11
2.8 Hard disk drives (HDD)............................................................................2-12
2.9 Expansion slots........................................................................................2-14
2.9.1 Installing an expansion card...................................................... 2-15
2.9.2 Installing M.2 (NGFF) cards...................................................... 2-16
2.10 System fan................................................................................................ 2-17
2.11 BIOS update utility................................................................................... 2-18

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2.12 Motherboard rear and audio connection ...............................................2-19
2.12.1 Rear I/O connection .................................................................. 2-19
2.12.2 Audio I/O connection................................................................. 2-21
2.13 Starting up for the first time.................................................................... 2-23
2.14 Turning off the computer ........................................................................2-23
Chapter 3: Motherboard Information
3.1 Motherboard layout....................................................................................3-2
3.2 Jumpers ......................................................................................................3-4
3.3 Onboard LEDs............................................................................................ 3-8
3.4 Internal connectors.................................................................................. 3-15
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ..........................................................4-2
4.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility................................................... 4-2
4.1.2 ASUS EzFlash Utility................................................................... 4-3
4.1.3 BUPDATER utility ....................................................................... 4-4
4.2 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................4-6
4.2.1 BIOS menu screen...................................................................... 4-7
4.2.2 Menu bar..................................................................................... 4-7
4.2.3 Menu items.................................................................................. 4-8
4.2.4 Submenu items ........................................................................... 4-8
4.2.5 Navigation keys........................................................................... 4-8
4.2.6 General help................................................................................ 4-8
4.2.7 Conguration elds ..................................................................... 4-8
4.2.8 Pop-up window............................................................................ 4-8
4.2.9 Scroll bar..................................................................................... 4-8
4.3 Main menu ..................................................................................................4-9
4.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]..................................................... 4-9
4.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx] ............................................................... 4-9
4.4 Advanced menu .......................................................................................4-10
4.4.1 Trusted Computing.................................................................... 4-10
4.4.2 Runtime Error Logging Settings................................................ 4-10
4.4.3 Chipset Conguration................................................................ 4-11
4.4.4 Platform Conguration .............................................................. 4-21
4.4.5 CPU Conguration ................................................................... 4-29
4.4.6 SATA Conguration ................................................................. 4-32
4.4.7 Network Stack Conguration .................................................... 4-35

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4.4.8 CSM Conguration ................................................................... 4-36
4.4.9 NVMe controller and Drive information .................................... 4-37
4.4.10 iSCSI Conguration .................................................................. 4-37
4.5 Security Menu...........................................................................................4-37
4.6 Boot Menu.................................................................................................4-40
4.7 Monitor Menu............................................................................................4-42
4.8 Tool menu................................................................................................. 4-42
4.9 Save & Exit menu..................................................................................... 4-43
4.10 Event Logs menu .....................................................................................4-44
Chapter 5: RAID Configuration
5.1 Setting up RAID.......................................................................................... 5-2
5.1.1 RAID denitions .......................................................................... 5-2
5.1.2 Installing hard disk drives............................................................ 5-3
5.1.3 Setting the RAID mode in BIOS.................................................. 5-3
5.1.4 RAID conguration utilities.......................................................... 5-3
5.2 Intel®Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option
ROM Utility.................................................................................................. 5-4
5.2.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................... 5-5
5.2.2 Deleting a RAID set..................................................................... 5-7
5.2.3 Resetting disks to Non-RAID ...................................................... 5-8
5.2.4 Exiting the Intel®Rapid Storage Technology enterprise
SATA Option ROM utility............................................................. 5-9
5.2.5 Rebuilding the RAID.................................................................... 5-9
5.2.6 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility........................ 5-11
5.3 Intel®Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows)......................5-12
5.3.1 Creating a RAID set .................................................................. 5-13
5.3.2 Changing a Volume Type.......................................................... 5-15
5.3.3 Deleting a volume ..................................................................... 5-16
5.3.4 Preferences............................................................................... 5-17
Appendix
P10S-M WS block diagram ..................................................................................... A-2
ASUS contact information...................................................................................... A-3